Container



P. ZALKIND.

CONTAINER.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 23, 1918.

1,389,923. Patentfldsept- 6, 1921.

WITNESS l/I y I/V VENTOR PATENT OFFICE.

PHILIP ZALKIND, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

CONTAINER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 6, 1921.

Application filed April 23, 1918. Serial No. 230,204.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, PHILIP ZALKIND, a citizen of the United States,residing in the city and State of New York, have invented an Improvementin Containers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a container or package. The particular form ofcontainer or package to which the invention relates is that type of sucharticles in which commonly various articles of food, such as cereals andspices, for example, as well as certain drugs in powdered form orotherwise. are sold. As heretofore cn'iployed, in containers or packagesof this general type, the ends of the package are so closed as to makeit necessary to break them or any other wall of the package, in order togain access to the contents thereof, and when so broken the removal ordispensing of the contents of the container therefrom is likely to bepromiscuous and uncertain. Now, the ob ject of this invention is toprovide in a coninc trough or chute which. normally main-' tains thepackage in a closed condition and which. may be turned outwardly toprovide an aperture in the package as well as a trough for dispensingits contents, and in the present case, the invention also includes ameasuring device or apparatus by which in dispensing the contents of thepackage a predetermined quantity or measure of the contents may beobtained at each operation. This as will be apparent is important andadvantageous in measuring for example sugar, salt, or various forms ofcereals, as well as numerousforms of drugs. The form of containercomprising the present invention will be hereinafter more particularlydescribed in conjunction with the accompanying drawing, in which:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a container in which the presentinvention is embodied showing the flaps turned up.

thereof, while 12 is the flap formed of a continuation of the wall 11,and 13 and 14 are flaps formed of continuations of the front and rearwalls respectively, it being undeir stood that the opposite side wallhas the fiap corresponding to the flap 12. It will furthermore beunderstood that the container may be made of paper cardboard, or anyother similar material of which like articles are commonly made.

The crease line between the side 11 and its flap 12 as indicated at 15and in the side wall 11 I also provide a crease line 16. This side w. ll11 is also scored along the perforated line 17 and the flap 12 is outalong the lines 18, 19, 20 and 21. the cut 18 preferably being acontinuation of the perforated line 17 and the out line 19, a straightline continuation of the out line 18, the out line 20 being at rightangles to the out line 1.9 and the out line 21 at right angles to theout line 20 and. terminating in a curved out line at a point in thecrease line 15 as clearly indicated in Fig. 1. In creasing, scoring.

and cutting the side member 11 and its flap 12 in this manner, there isformed a flap 22 and a tongue 23 therein, the flap 22 being" bounded bythe crease line 16, the perforated line 17 and a portion of the creaseline 15, while the tongue 23 is outlined by the cut lines 19, 20 and 21.

Together with the parts of the containerhereinbefore described. I employa measdevice. This is conveniently made from a blank of the same orsimilar material to that of which the container is made, and in the formillustrated in Fig. 5. This measuring blank as indicated at 24 isgenerally triangular in outline and is provided with crease lines 25,26, and 27, so as to divide the blank into triangular side members 28,29, 80 and 31. The side member 28 provided with an extension or tongueby means of which and a suitable adhesive material. when the parts arefolded, the side 28 may be secured to the side .31. This as will beunderstood, when the parts are thus connected, forms a conical vesselwhich may be used as a measuring device. A portion of the side member 29as indicated in the dotted lines in Fig. 5, is secured to the inner faceof the tongue 23 by a suitable adhesive material or otherwise, so as toassume the position indicated i Fig. 1. In this position, as will beunderstood, the side 28 lies against the side 29 and the side 31 againstthe side 30 so that the parts may assume the fiat position for packing,shipping, or other similar purposes.

Now, with a container thus formed, and

filled, the end flaps 12 are turned to position and then the front andrear flaps l3 and 14 folded to place and secured to one another, intowhich condition as will be understood, the package is sealed and readyfor sale. In the use of the package the side 11 is broken along theperforated line 17, and the flap 22 turned on the crease line 16. In sodoing, as will now be apparent, the measuring device which has beenopened by turning the flap 12 to place, may be swung outwardly togetherwith the flap 22 and the tongue 23 which parts, being folded along aportion of the crease line 15 form a trough for pouring from thecontents that portion thereof which may be contained in the measure'24:.

Ashereinbefore stated, the invention in the present case is merelyherein shown and described in a diametric manner, as variousmodifications may obviously be made with out departing from the natureand spirit of this invention.

I claim as my invention:

1. In a container, inclosing walls, a trough formed inpredeterminedwalls of the container and adapted.- to' be'seoarated inpart therefrom and to be swung to provide an opening and form a chutefor removing the contents of the container, and a measuring deviceconnected to and operated by the said.

trough which forms a chute for the discharge of the contents of themeasuring device.

2. In a container, inclosing walls, a tongue member providedin'predetermined walls of the container normally closing the same andadapted to be separated in'part therefrom along predetermined linestoprovide an aperture and form a trough which opens'and closes the saidaperture, and a measuring device associated with the said tongue memberand adapted to determine the amount of the contents of the containerwhich is removed therefrom along the said trough at each operationthereof.

'In'a container, inclosing walls, a tongue member provided inpredetermined walls of the container normally closing the same andadapted to be separated in part therefrom I along predetermined lines toprovide an aperture and form atrough which opens and closes the saidaperture, a stop-included in a wall of the trough for determining theextent'of the movement: thereof, and a measuring device associated withthe said tongue member and adapted to' determine the amount of. thecontents of the container which'is removed therefrom along the said.trough at each operatlon thereof;

64.. In acontainer, inclosing walls, a tongue separated in parttherefrom along predetermined lines to provide an aperture and form atrough which opens and is adapted to close the said aperture, and ameasuring device associated with the said tongue member and adapted todetermine the amount of the contents of the container which is removedtherefrom along the said trough at each operation therefor, the saidmeasuring device being. adapted to lie parallel with the walls fromwhich the container is formed when in a flat or unassembled conditionand to open and automatically assume its position for use when the wallsof the container are folded to form the same.

5. In a container, inclosing Walls adapted to be formed from an integralblank and to lie flat when in an unassembled condition, a tongue memberprovided in predetermined adjacent walls of the container, normallyclosing the same and adapted to be separated in part therefrom alongpredetermined lines to provide an aperture and form. a trough whichopens and is adapted to close the said aperture, and a measuring devicecomprising a member made of triangular shaped sides associated with thesaid tongue and adapted to'lie flat or parallel with the walls of thecontainerwhen the parts are unassenibled and to automatically open to noltion for use when the walls of the container are folded to form thesame, the said measuring device being adapted to determine the amount ofthe contents of the container which is removed therefrom along the saidtrough at each operation thereof.

6. In a container having walls adapted to lie flat and to be folded toposition in Setting: up the container for use, means whereby thecontents of the container are removable therefrom, and a measuringdevice associated with the walls of the container and the aforesaidmeans and adapted to be collapsed when the walls of the container liefiat against one another and to be opened for use when the walls of thecontainer are set up, to posltion for use. r

7. In a container having walls adapted to 7 adapted to receive andremove. a quantity of 1 the contents of the container each time saidmeans are operated. 1

Signed by me this 17th day of April, 1918..

PHILIP z LK nn.

